Education / The Government of Ghana has been making great strides to achieve the second Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of universal primary education. Students can now access free primary and middle school education, providing 9 years of basic education.  This has translated in increased numbers enrolling across the country. However, investment in facilities has failed to keep pace. Due to a lack of teachers willing to teach in rural areas, pupil-teacher ratios have dramatically increased across the country (UNICEF, 2007). For instance, the average class size in the junior high schools in the locality is 45. In most of the schools in the district, a suitable number of tables and chairs are not available in the classroom. Teaching and learning materials such as chalk, exercise books, pens and pencils, charts etc. are not available to facilitate teaching and learning. In addition, toilet facilities at the schools are inadequate and represent another barrier to access to education, especially for girls.

Humjibre has two nursery schools, three primary schools and one middle school. Although the teachers are committed, they face the basic challenge of a lack of resources. However, the attendance at the library and voluntary tutoring centers run by GHEI show a capacity and willingness to learn. There are two senior high schools in the BAB district. Senior high school is fee paying and this remains a high barrier for rural households. In high school, which lasts 4 years, students major in certain subjects, somewhat like the American college system. Students often board at the schools and have to work a long day, sometimes rising at 4am to sweep the grounds and tidy the classrooms before they even sit down to study.

Health / Humjibre has one of only six clinics in the district. A midwife and a nurse work at this clinic. There is electricity, but no running water, laboratory facility, or pharmacy at the clinic. There are child wellness clinics up to four times a month, which are run by the clinic staff and provide an opportunity for education and to monitor infant growth. Vaccines are distributed through national campaigns regularly. Bibiani District Hospital is the only hospital in the district, currently staffed by only one physician.

Malaria is the primary cause of mortality and morbidity in BAB district. The other main causes of outpatient visits to the district hospital include respiratory infections, diarrhea, skin ulcers and typhoid fever (BAB District Report 2004).